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Roland Pevsner

MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchORCID 0009-0002-3988-9583Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB, a microsporidian symbiont of Anopheles coluzzii isolated from Burkina Faso

Roland Pevsner, Julien Martinez, Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman, Beth C. Poulton, Abdelhakeem I. Adam, Ewan R.S. Parry, Saré Issiaka, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Steven Paul Sinkins

The paper presents the first complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB, revealing genomic features and gene loss associated with its symbiotic lifestyle.

BMC Genomics · Apr 9, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Laboratory An. gambiae s.l. mosquito colonies show sustained high transmission of Microsporidia sp. MB and a small fecundity cost

Beth C. Poulton, Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman, Abdelhakeem Ismail Adam, Issiaka Saré, Ewan R.S. Parry, Roland Pevsner, Thomas H. Ant, Etienne M. Bilgo, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Steven Paul Sinkins

The paper establishes stable Anopheles mosquito colonies carrying Microsporidia sp. MB and shows MB affects fecundity and spore production.

bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology